From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jul 16 20:02:59 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6H22xjb018160; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:02:59 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6H22uw3023386 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:02:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6GNPZFI001393 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:25:35 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6GNPZZ3001392 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:25:35 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6GM5VFI001154 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:05:31 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6H0ghYu028334 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:42:43 -0600 X-Envelope-From: paperangels@gmail.com Sun Jul 16 18:42:43 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6H0ghjb028325 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:42:43 -0600 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.200]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6H0gcSR003111 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:42:39 -0600 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id l8so525566nzf for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:43:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=O3XI/BV2p1pR+8R+pv8LRh7M6f4NJrRHjgl4umjn2JphNWyE/Du6iuF1p2jKnnZM27k5w+u5YcueyrJN3WG6UBvRReK10ph0+ZfZnvIr5le6WmvHcO6eTY5Gu/4dyy7IJOnHVMlTUTWaTc8YhdrHosQKAS1BByVKRqYaPxDjcLs= Received: by 10.65.200.10 with SMTP id c10mr907049qbq; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:43:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.35.12 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:43:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:43:11 -0600 From: Joe To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: citizenship-naturalization records WWI soldiers Hello Judith, You can find information about naturalization of members of the US Armed Forces during World War I at... http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/natzrec/wwinatz.htm If you want to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the USCIS/INS to help find your ancestor's naturalization records there are some basic instructions here... Finding US Naturalization Records (a genealogy guide) http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/naturalizationrecords.html You also might try some of the indexes listed here... Online New York Naturalization Indexes http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/newyork.html Brooklyn is in Kings County. Happy searching. Regards, Joe -- Genealogy Roots Blog (for finding online records & resources) http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/ "JUDITH WALTER" wrote: > I was told Vets of WWI was granted citzenship. My grandfather was a > soldier in WWI. He was from Italy and married my grandmother before > he enlisted. My grandmother was from Sicily and became a citizen. > He was listed as an American citizen when he died in 1924. > > Was citizenship automatic for WWI vets? How was it given, by > certificate or some other traceable source? > Who should I contact? The living family has no records of this. > He was a resident of Brooklyn, NY, USA. > Also, would his place of origin in Italy be listed, or merely the > fact that he was Italian? > > I am searching for his place of birth in Italy. I have his parents > names from his marriage certificate, but these names are very common in > Italian records, so I need to find his town of birth, which no one > seems to know. > There were too many Giglio names on Ellis Island Records and > several ships listed show the incorrect ship when pulled up. HELP!